The Book of Martyrs Containing an Account of the Suffereings & Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First. Illustrated with Copper-Plates. Originally written by M. John Fox. Now carefuly revis'd & Corrected with a Recommendatory preface by the Revd. Mr. Madan

Hardcover

1776·London

by Fox, John

London: H. Trapp, 1776. Original. Hardcover. Front cover detached with end papers, frontis engraving, and engraved title page attached to it. Text block tight and clean; off-setting of each engraving onto page opposite. Text block slightly age-toned on pages with more rag content; brighter on ones with less rag content. Prior owner's name/location hand-written on ffep. Plate affixed to fep of "W&A Pildrem Southampton, No. 2". Buckskin borders/decorative calf/boards. Dark brown leather spine with 6 raised bands and gilt lettering. iv + (4); bw engraved frontis and 28 additional bw engraved plates. Page edges tinted slightly pink. Heavy at 9 pounds and will require extra postage. The Actes and Monuments, popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by John Foxe, first published in English in 1563 by John Day. It includes a polemical account of the sufferings of Protestants under the Catholic Church, with particular emphasis on England and Scotland. The book was highly influential in those countries and helped shape lasting popular notions of Catholicism there. The book went through four editions in Foxe's lifetime and a number of later editions and abridgements, including some that specifically reduced the text to a Book of Martyrs. Foxe presents crucial evidence and tells a side of the story which must be heard, but his text should never be read uncritically, and his partisan objectives should always be kept in mind." By the end of the 17th century, however, the work tended to be abbreviated to include only "the most sensational episodes of torture and death" thus giving to Foxe's work "a lurid quality which was certainly far from the author's intention. - Wikipedia. The plate on the fep could be where the book was purchased. A William Pildrem is listed as a shopkeeper in Southampton. The number "2" is hand numberd, so perhaps this was the second copy sold of this title. There are varying numbers of plates listed for these books, but this seems to be complete for this volume of 815 pages with 29 total engraved plates and the engraved title page.
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